NO insects or spring birds this year.

I hope for another summer like last summer we got to sit at the end of the dock and watch loons fish and teach their youngster. Loon migration is amazing. We are so blessed to live on a super clear lake with visibility on a secchi of 14 feet.

cyclops222 said:

I had a female Cardinal bird pecking at her own reflection in a basement window. Everyday

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I watched a Turkey do that once to the chrome bumper on my truck. I had a good laugh.

DeepCMark58A said:

I hope for another summer like last summer we got to sit at the end of the dock and watch loons fish and teach their youngster. Loon migration is amazing. We are so blessed to live on a super clear lake with visibility on a secchi of 14 feet.

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Sounds like a fun thing to watch.

tphoyt said:

Sounds like a fun thing to watch.

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I live at the end of a penulisa beautiful bay out my garage window. I spend a lot of time watching birds negotiate bay space in the spring. I saw something this spring I watched loons mate, considering how vocal loons are the process was very quiet. Cross that off a birders list.

Barnacles cut without any pain. Been there also. My right thigh was covered with blood. Felt nothing. By the time we reached the mini hospital. Much had stopped. Luck beats skill.

Just saw the first oriole glad the jelly was out, I was a week early.

cyclops222 said:

Barnacles cut without any pain. Been there also. My right thigh was covered with blood. Felt nothing. By the time we reached the mini hospital. Much had stopped. Luck beats skill.

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Yeah I have a bruise on the other side of the cut and that was more painful the next morning than the cut ever was.

tphoyt said:

I watched a Turkey do that once to the chrome bumper on my truck. I had a good laugh.

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Ha ha I had a turkey peckin at my Capri's front bumper ......at about 100km/h, whoohoo you shoulda seen it cartwheelin down the road in the rear view mirror ,big twin vortex of swirling feathers , man did we laugh ,specially when we saw this old dude, eyes like dinner plates, standing on the side of the road , actually , might have been his turkey . Still got the ding in the front valance .
Aah man , that day is one of the things me and Di go back to when its time to have a laugh.

DeepCMark58A said:

We are so blessed to live on a super clear lake with visibility on a secchi of 14 feet.

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Grew up in the PNW and sure do miss the clear waters.

We had a robin for a few weeks pecking at the window.


We are in a different situation. Out house built in 2000 was built with 12 others in a farm field. The house in in a line half mile long with others so no cluster of bird habitat aka trees. There is a fence line about 300 yards out back but when we moved here in 2008 it was brand new. Now years later it is grown up so it is attracting wildlife, deer and such as well as birds. They love our three feeders. Plus there is an acre lot next to us that has been left untouched for about 6 years now that is growing up so attracting birds. And habits and such, so we are increasing just because of increased habitat.

I also planted 48 baby Holly trees along our road front about 5 years ago that are all about chest high now bearing fruits and last two years we've started having nests so in another 10 years should be full.

Our three oaks are also about 30 ft now so lots of traffic in those.

My county has just about stopped all farms. Plus there are no wild crops or nut trees. Animals starve or move out. Not surprising. I still have a starving herd of wandering deer.

Have you become urbanized?

So I leave Jersey on May 1 and come back Oct. 1
It helps.